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Cancelling Printing

For Windows XP and 2000
For Windows Me and 98
For Macintosh

If you encounter problems while printing, you may need to cancel printing. To cancel printing, follow the instructions in the appropriate section below.

To stop printing in progress, press Stop button. The printer will cancel all print jobs and stop printing, and eject any pages or CD/DVD tray that were printing. Depending on the printer's status, printing may not stop immediately.

For Windows XP and 2000

When you send a print job to the printer, the Progress Meter will appear on your computer screen.

Click the Stop button to cancel printing.

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For Windows Me and 98

It is possible to cancel printing using either the Progress Meter or EPSON Spool Manager. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Using the Progress Meter

When you send a print job to the printer, the Progress Meter appears on your computer screen.

Click the Stop button to cancel printing.

Using EPSON Spool Manager

EPSON Spool Manager is similar to Windows Print Manager. If it receives two or more print jobs at one time, it holds them in the order that they were received (with printers on a network this may be called a print queue). When a print job reaches the top of the queue, the EPSON Spool Manager sends the job to the printer. You can cancel print jobs from the Spool Manager. You can also view print status information about the print jobs which have been sent to your printer, as well as pause and resume or restart selected print jobs.

After you send a print job, an EPSON Stylus Photo R300 button will appear in the icon tray. Click this button to open the EPSON Spool Manager.

To cancel a print job, select the job in the list, and then click Cancel.

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For Macintosh

The procedure for canceling printing for Macintosh varies, depending on whether background printing is on or off. Refer to the appropriate section below.

For Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x

When background printing is on

Follow the steps below to cancel a print job.

Press the power button to turn off the printer.

Select EPSON MonitorIV from the application menu.

In the Document Name list, select the document which is printing, then click the Stop icon button to cancel the print job.

When background printing is off

Follow the steps below to cancel a print job.

Press the power button to turn off the printer.

Hold down the command key on your keyboard and press the period (.) key to cancel the print job.

For Mac OS X

Follow the steps below to cancel a print job.

Press the power button to turn off the printer.

Click the Print Center icon in Dock.

Double click your printer in the Printer list dialog box, select the document which is printing in the document name list, then select Detete job from the Jobs menu on the menu bar.

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